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The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research is the only one of its kind
dedicated solely to the disease. Although the Center operates within the
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, its scope is international.
That, and several other features, we believe, make us unique:
A FOCUS ON THERAPIES
The Robert Packard Center for ALS Research aggressively pursues a mission.
Academic medical research is sometimes applauded for how well it explains
biology, rather than how well it translates to the clinic. All of the Center's
work, however, focuses on new therapies to slow or cure ALS.
COLLABORATION
The Center's scientists from all over the world combine forces in research.
Each month, they hold brainstorming sessions to identify promising research
approaches and evaluate each others' progress. More than 100 scientists,
clinicians, and post-docs work together in this collaborative network.
PERFORMANCE DRIVEN SEARCH
The Center's directors keep a careful eye on short-term goals as well as
long-range ones. The Scientific Advisory Board evaluates investigators'
work annually, to make sure it's on track.
STREAMLINED FUNDING OF RESEARCHERS
Efficiency is one of the Center's watchwords. The funneling of funds to
new research projects stands as one example. Only scientists of recognized
merit are recruited, minimizing the often lengthy grant process typical
of academic medicine.
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| Recent news from the Robert Packard Center
for ALS Research: |
| William H. Adams Foundation Pumps New Energy, Funds into Search for ALS Cure - May 6, 2008 |
| Tell-Tale Protein Clumping in ALS is Less Complex Than Expected - April 10, 2008 |
ALS Mouse Study Highlights Astrocytes' Strong Potential as Therapy Target - February 7, 2008 |
| Exciting New Human ALS Trial: Lithium and Riluzole - February 7, 2008 |
| ALS Treatment: A Matter of Cleaning House? - December 19, 2007 |
New Study Brings What Goes Wrong in Inherited ALS into Focus - September 18, 2007 |
| New ALS Protein Could Be a Keystone - August 9, 2007 |
| Muscles More Than Passive Victims in ALS, Study Suggests - June 29, 2007 |
| Saer and O’Neill Named Packard Center Board Co-Chairs - June 28, 2007 |
Self-Attack? Self-Repair? First Real Look at Gene Activity in ALS Models Sparks Thirst for Answers - May 3, 2007 |
| Model of Accelerated Familial ALS Sheds Light on Disease Process - April 6, 2007 |
| Early News From First Large Search for Sporadic ALS Genes - February 20, 2007 |
| Human Stem Cell Transplants Mature Into Neurons and Make Contacts in Rat Spinal Cord - February 14, 2007 |
First Vaccine for Familial ALS Shows Potential in Model Mice - January 29, 2007 |
| Our Five-Year Plan? Let Human Cells EXcellerate Therapy - January 18, 2007 |
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